How to Hold Up a Bank


Book Description




All Your Worth


Book Description

The bestselling mother/daughter coauthors of "The Two-Income Trap" now pen an essential guide to the five simple keys to lasting financial peace.







The Complete Guide to Physical Security


Book Description

To adequately protect an organization, physical security must go beyond the "gates, guns, and guards" mentality that characterizes most security programs. Creating a sound security plan involves understanding not only security requirements but also the dynamics of the marketplace, employee issues, and management goals. The Complete Guide to Physica




Bank On Yourself


Book Description

The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and BusinessWeek bestseller Bank On Yourself: The Life-Changing Secret to Growing and Protecting Your Financial Future reveals the secrets to taking back control of your financial future that Wall Street, banks, and credit card companies don’t want you to know. Can you imagine what it would be like to look forward to opening your account statements because they always have good news and never any ugly surprises? More than 100,000 Americans of all ages, incomes, and backgrounds are already using Bank On Yourself to grow a nest-egg they can predict and count on, even when stocks, real estate, and other investments tumble. You’ll meet some of them and hear their stories of how Bank On Yourself has helped them reach a wide variety of short- and longterm personal and financial goals and dreams in this book.




Handbook of Competition in Banking and Finance


Book Description

For academics, regulators and policymaker alike, it is crucial to measure financial sector competition by means of reliable, well-established methods. However, this is easier said than done. The goal of this Handbook is to provide a collection of state-of-the-art chapters to address this issue. The book consists of four parts, the first of which discusses the characteristics of various measures of financial sector competition. The second part includes several empirical studies on the level of, and trends in, competition across countries. The third part deals with the spillovers of market power to other sectors and the economy as a whole. Finally, the fourth part considers competition in banking submarkets and subsectors.




Investigation of So-called "rackets". Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-third Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 74, a Resolution Authorizing an Investigation of the Matter of So-called "rackets" with a View to Their Suppression: pt. 1. Hearings, New York city, August 14 to 15, 1933. pt. 2. Hearing, Detroit, Mich., October 3, 1933. pt. 3. Hearings, Chicago, October 23 and 24, 1933. pt. 4. Hearings, New York city, November 23 and 24, 1933. pt. 5. Hearing, New York city, December 21, 1933. pt. 6. Index


Book Description




Amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956


Book Description







Investigation of So-Called "Rackets"


Book Description

Also investigates the problem of crime prevention in general. Oct. 3, 1933 hearing was held in Detroit, Mich; Oct. 23, 24, 1933 hearings were held in Chicago, Ill.; Aug. 14, 15, Nov. 23, 24, Dec. 21, 1933 hearings were held in NYC, Jan,31, 1934 hearings were held in Washington.